The study examines the prose sections of the Book of Job and their relationship to the poetic dialogues. The core of the study consists of a detailed critical literary analysis of the prose texts (Job 1,1-2,13; 32,1-5; 42,7-17), complemented by an examination of the poetic texts…
Using the methodology of redaction criticism, the study reconstructs the origins of the Joseph narrative. It reveals that the story only gradually developed into its present form. Even in its most ancient version (Gen 37-41*), it can be regarded in the context of the history of …
Die Studie unterzieht die üblichen literarkritischen Prozeduren einer kritischen Sichtung, die Schwächen literarkritischer Argumentation im Alten Testament sichtbar macht. Mit einem an modernen Literaturtheorien orientierten Textverständnis und einem stilstatistischen Verfahren …